Heritage Open Days 2010 was undoubtedly the most successful event in the sixteen-year history of England’s annual celebration of local architecture, history and culture. A record 4,463 properties and events – 363 more than in 2009 – attracted over 1 million visits across four days. A decade of geographical and demographical expansion has consolidated Heritage Open Days’ position as England’s leading voluntary cultural event.
Against the backdrop of fast-changing socio-economic change, Heritage Open Days has continued to widen its appeal and reconfirmed its relevance, with its audience profile becoming younger and more diverse and an army of civic-minded volunteers providing a vivid lesson in what is now coined the “Big Society”.
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